2008 Summer Olympics medal table

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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, from 8 to 24 August 2008.[1] Approximately 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 302 events in 28 sports across 41 disciplines.[2][3] Cycling BMX racing and 10 km (6.2 mi) marathon swimming were included as official medal events for the first time in history.[4] The Marshall Islands, Montenegro and Tuvalu made their Summer Olympic debuts in Beijing.[5]

LocationBeijing,  China
Most gold medals China (48)
Most total medals United States (112)
Medalling NOCs87
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2008 Summer Olympics medals
Michael Phelps smiling with an Olympic medal around his neck
Michael Phelps (pictured) won eight medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete
LocationBeijing,  China
Highlights
Most gold medals China (48)
Most total medals United States (112)
Medalling NOCs87
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Map detaling the achievements of each country in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Map of the world showing the achievements of each country during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Gold for countries achieving at least one gold medal.
Silver for countries achieving at least one silver medal.
Brown for countries achieving at least one bronze medal.
Green for countries that did not win a medal.
Black for countries that did not participate.
A yellow square displays the host city (Beijing).
Blue asterisks display countries achieving their first medal ever in a Summer Olympics.

Overall, athletes from a record 87 countries won at least one medal,[6] and 55 of them won at least one gold medal.[7] Afghanistan,[8] Mauritius,[9] Sudan,[10] Tajikistan[11] and Togo won their first Olympic medals of any kind.[12] Athletes from Mongolia (which previously held the record for most medals without a gold)[13] and Panama won their first Olympic gold medals.[14] Serbian swimmer Milorad Čavić won the first medal for the country as an independent state.[15] Samoa won its first Olympic medal due to a reallocation of medals after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) retested doping samples in 2016.[16]

Athletes from the host nation China won the most gold medals, with 48, while athletes from the United States won the most medals overall, with 112.[7] Among individual participants, American swimmer Michael Phelps won the most gold medals and the most total medals with eight each, breaking Mark Spitz's 1972 record for the most gold medals won at an Olympic Games.[17]

During and after the games, many athletes who were caught doping, or tested positive for banned substances, were disqualified from competition and had their medals revoked.[18][19]

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the IOC and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[20][21] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[22]

Events in boxing result in a bronze medal being awarded to each of the two competitors who lose their semi-final matches, as opposed to fighting in a third place tie breaker.[23] Other combat sports, which include judo, taekwondo, and wrestling, use a repechage system which also results in two bronze medals being awarded.[24] In the women's 100 metres in athletics, there was a tie for second place which resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded.[25] Two bronze medals were awarded for third place ties in both the men's 100 metre backstroke and men's 100 metre freestyle swimming events.[26][27]

Three men holding bouquets in their hands and Olympic medals around their necks
From left to right: Tore Brovold from Norway (silver), Vincent Hancock from USA (gold) and Anthony Terras from France (bronze) with the medals they earned in the men's skeet shooting.[28]
Maarten van der Weijden with a gold medal around his neck
Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands won a gold medal in the men's 10 km open water.[29]
Three gymnasts holding their Olympic medals in their hands
Left to right: Lu Chunlong (gold), Dong Dong (bronze), both from China, and Jason Burnett from Canada (silver) won medals in the men's trampoline gymnastics.[30]
A Dutch woman holding an silver Olympic medal in her right hand among a crowd
Femke Dekker from the Netherlands won a silver medal in the women's eights in rowing.[31]
Three male swimmers holding their Olympic medals in their right hands after a meet
From left to right: Ryan Lochte (bronze), Michael Phelps (gold), both from USA, and László Cseh from Hungary (silver) show the medals they earned from the men's 400 metre individual medley.[32]
A Brazilian women in casual clothing holding a bronze medal up in her right hand
Ketleyn Quadros from Brazil won a bronze medal in the women's 57 kg judo.[33]
Two women holding bouquets and Olympic medals in their hands
Emma Snowsill (left) and Emma Moffatt (right) from Australia show their gold and bronze medals after the women's triathlon.[34]
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     Changes in medal standings (see below)

  *   Host nation (China)

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2008 Summer Olympics medal table[7][A]
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China*‡482230100
2 United States363937112
3 Russia24132360
4 Great Britain19131951
5 Germany16111441
6 Australia14151746
7 South Korea1311832
8 Japan98825
9 Italy891027
10 France7162043
11 Netherlands75416
12 Ukraine741122
13 Kenya64616
14 Spain511319
15 Jamaica54211
16 Poland45211
17 Ethiopia4217
18 Romania4149
19 Cuba3101730
20 Canada39820
21 Hungary35210
22 Norway3519
23 Brazil341017
24 Belarus34714
25 Czech Republic3317
26 Slovakia3306
27 New Zealand3249
28 Georgia3227
29 Kazakhstan2349
30 Denmark2237
31 North Korea2226
 Thailand2226
33 Mongolia2204
34 Switzerland2147
35 Argentina2046
36 Mexico2024
37 Belgium2002
38 Zimbabwe1304
39 Slovenia1225
40 Azerbaijan1146
 Indonesia1146
42 Bulgaria1135
 Turkey1135
44 Chinese Taipei1124
 Finland1124
46 Latvia1113
47 Dominican Republic1102
 Estonia1102
 Portugal1102
 Trinidad and Tobago1102
51 India1023
52 Iran1012
53 Cameroon1001
 Panama1001
 Tunisia1001
56 Sweden0415
57 Lithuania0325
 Nigeria0325
59 Croatia0235
60 Colombia0213
 Greece0213
62 Armenia0145
63 Uzbekistan0134
64 Austria0123
 Ireland0123
 Kyrgyzstan0123
 Serbia0123
68 Algeria0112
 Bahamas0112
 Morocco0112
 Tajikistan0112
72 Chile0101
 Ecuador0101
 Iceland0101
 Malaysia0101
 Samoa0101
 Singapore0101
 South Africa0101
 Sudan0101
 Vietnam0101
81 Egypt0022
82 Afghanistan0011
 Israel0011
 Mauritius0011
 Moldova0011
 Togo0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (87 entries)302303353958
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Changes in medal standings

Belarusian athletes Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, who won silver and bronze respectively in the men's hammer throw, both tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. After attending a disciplinary hearing in September 2008, they were stripped of their medals on 11 December 2008. Krisztián Pars of Hungary was awarded the silver medal, and Koji Murofushi of Japan was awarded the bronze.[35] However, both of the Belarusian athletes subsequently had their medals reinstated because the doping tests were not handled correctly.[36]

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Norwegian show jumper Tony André Hansen was stripped of his bronze medal when his horse tested positive for a banned substance
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Notes

  1. Figures in table reflect all official changes in medal standings.

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